Florida Grad Uno Mas Bourbon Brave Winner of $250,000 Super Derby

Bourbon Lane Stable and Six Column Stables’ Uno Mas Bourbon came from off the pace to earn his second career victory in his first stakes appearance after surviving an objection in Saturday’s 42th running of $250,000 Super Derby.

Uno Mas Bourbon, who had shipped from Kentucky off a third-place finish in an allowance race at Ellis Park, was nearly last early as The Donegal Clan rocketed out of the gate to command the pace through opening fractions of :23.83 and :48.32 for the first half mile.

He’s the 7th 2024 black type winner who’s graduated from the bucolic Hidden Brook Florida Training Center.

At the top of the stretch, the winner came through a narrow opening between horses, and drew clear to win by 1¼ lengths over the pacesetter as the slight 3-1 favorite. The final time for the 1 1/8-mile race was 1:51.02 over a fast track.

Jockey Ben Curtis on eventual third-place finisher Regalo claimed foul against jockey Francisco Arrieta aboard Uno Mas Bourbon after those two horses battled through the stretch, but stewards let the result stand.

“He’s a nice horse,” Arrieta said. “When I rode him in Kentucky, I got in trouble. He took off and got tired, but still ran a great number. He was fighting me down the backstretch that day. Today, he was nice and relaxed. We got in a little tight, but when he found another gear, he took off. He ran great.”

Uno Mas Bourbon, a 3-year-old colt by the recently deceased sire Macho Uno trained by Ian Wilkes, improved his record to 2-0-3 from eight career starts and has now earned $219,745.

-edited from www.PaulickReport.com